Artificial intelligence is transforming the legal profession — and that includes legal ethics. AI and similar cutting-edge technologies raise many complex ethical issues and challenges that lawyers ignore at their peril.

At the same time, AI also holds out the promise of helping lawyers to meet their ethical obligations, serve their clients more effectively, and promote access to justice and the rule of law. What does AI mean for legal ethics, what should lawyers do to prepare for these changes, and how could AI help improve the legal profession? Together with our partners at Thomson Reuters, we at Above the Law have been examining these important subjects.

We now present The Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence, the second in a four-part, multimedia exploration of how artificial intelligence and similar innovations are reshaping the legal profession: Law2020. You can read the feature here, and you can sign up using the form below to receive future Law2020 updates. Thanks!